Path parameters

Query parameters

The maximum number of results per page that should be returned. If the number of available results is larger than maxResults, Compute Engine returns a nextPageToken that can be used to get the next page of results in subsequent list requests. Acceptable values are 0 to 500, inclusive. (Default: 500)

pageToken

string

Specifies a page token to use. Set pageToken to the nextPageToken returned by a previous list request to get the next page of results.

filter

string

A filter expression that filters resources listed in the response. The expression must specify the field name, a comparison operator, and the value that you want to use for filtering. The value must be a string, a number, or a boolean. The comparison operator must be either =, !=, >, or <.

For example, if you are filtering Compute Engine instances, you can exclude instances named example-instance by specifying name != example-instance.

You can also filter nested fields. For example, you could specify scheduling.automaticRestart = false to include instances only if they are not scheduled for automatic restarts. You can use filtering on nested fields to filter based on resource labels.

To filter on multiple expressions, provide each separate expression within parentheses. For example, (scheduling.automaticRestart = true) (cpuPlatform = "Intel Skylake"). By default, each expression is an AND expression. However, you can include AND and OR expressions explicitly. For example, (cpuPlatform = "Intel Skylake") OR (cpuPlatform = "Intel Broadwell") AND (scheduling.automaticRestart = true).

orderBy

string

Sorts list results by a certain order. By default, results are returned in alphanumerical order based on the resource name.

You can also sort results in descending order based on the creation timestamp using orderBy="creationTimestamp desc". This sorts results based on the creationTimestamp field in reverse chronological order (newest result first). Use this to sort resources like operations so that the newest operation is returned first.

Currently, only sorting by name or creationTimestamp desc is supported.

Request body

The request body must be empty.

Response body

If successful, the response body contains data with the following structure:

Zones where the regional managed instance group will create and manage instances.

items[].distributionPolicy.zones[].zone

string

The URL of the zone. The zone must exist in the region where the managed instance group is located.

items[].instanceTemplate

string

The URL of the instance template that is specified for this managed instance group. The group uses this template to create all new instances in the managed instance group.

items[].versions[]

object

Specifies the instance templates used by this managed instance group to create instances.

Each version is defined by an instanceTemplate. Every template can appear at most once per instance group. This field overrides the top-level instanceTemplate field. Read more about the relationships between these fields. Exactly one version must leave the targetSize field unset. That version will be applied to all remaining instances. For more information, read about canary updates.

items[].versions[].name

string

Name of the version. Unique among all versions in the scope of this managed instance group.

items[].versions[].instanceTemplate

string

items[].versions[].targetSize

object

Specifies the intended number of instances to be created from the instanceTemplate. The final number of instances created from the template will be equal to:

If expressed as a fixed number, the minimum of either targetSize.fixed or instanceGroupManager.targetSize is used.

if expressed as a percent, the targetSize would be (targetSize.percent/100 * InstanceGroupManager.targetSize) If there is a remainder, the number is rounded up.

If unset, this version will update any remaining instances not updated by another version. Read Starting a canary update for more information.

items[].versions[].targetSize.fixed

number

Specifies a fixed number of VM instances. This must be a positive integer.

items[].versions[].targetSize.percent

number

Specifies a percentage of instances between 0 to 100%, inclusive. For example, specify 80 for 80%.

items[].versions[].targetSize.calculated

number

[Output Only] Absolute value of VM instances calculated based on the specific mode.

If the value is fixed, then the caculated
value is equal to the fixed value.

If the value is a percent, then the calculated
value is percent/100 * targetSize. For example,
the calculated value of a 80% of a managed instance group
with 150 instances would be (80/100 * 150) = 120 VM instances. If there
is a remainder, the number is rounded up.

items[].instanceGroup

string

[Output Only] The URL of the Instance Group resource.

items[].targetPools[]

string

The URLs for all TargetPool resources to which instances in the instanceGroup field are added. The target pools automatically apply to all of the instances in the managed instance group.

items[].baseInstanceName

string

The base instance name to use for instances in this group. The value must be 1-58 characters long. Instances are named by appending a hyphen and a random four-character string to the base instance name. The base instance name must comply with RFC1035.

Fingerprint of this resource. This field may be used in optimistic locking. It will be ignored when inserting an InstanceGroupManager. An up-to-date fingerprint must be provided in order to update the InstanceGroupManager, otherwise the request will fail with error 412 conditionNotMet.

To see the latest fingerprint, make a get() request to retrieve an InstanceGroupManager.

A base64-encoded string.

items[].currentActions

object

[Output Only] The list of instance actions and the number of instances in this managed instance group that are scheduled for each of those actions.

items[].currentActions.none

number

[Output Only] The number of instances in the managed instance group that are running and have no scheduled actions.

items[].currentActions.creating

number

[Output Only] The number of instances in the managed instance group that are scheduled to be created or are currently being created. If the group fails to create any of these instances, it tries again until it creates the instance successfully.

If you have disabled creation retries, this field will not be populated; instead, the creatingWithoutRetries field will be populated.

items[].currentActions.creatingWithoutRetries

number

[Output Only] The number of instances that the managed instance group will attempt to create. The group attempts to create each instance only once. If the group fails to create any of these instances, it decreases the group's targetSize value accordingly.

items[].currentActions.verifying

number

[Output Only] The number of instances in the managed instance group that are being verified. See the managedInstances[].currentAction property in the listManagedInstances method documentation.

items[].currentActions.recreating

number

[Output Only] The number of instances in the managed instance group that are scheduled to be recreated or are currently being being recreated. Recreating an instance deletes the existing root persistent disk and creates a new disk from the image that is defined in the instance template.

items[].currentActions.deleting

number

[Output Only] The number of instances in the managed instance group that are scheduled to be deleted or are currently being deleted.

items[].currentActions.abandoning

number

[Output Only] The total number of instances in the managed instance group that are scheduled to be abandoned. Abandoning an instance removes it from the managed instance group without deleting it.

items[].currentActions.restarting

number

[Output Only] The number of instances in the managed instance group that are scheduled to be restarted or are currently being restarted.

items[].currentActions.refreshing

number

[Output Only] The number of instances in the managed instance group that are being reconfigured with properties that do not require a restart or a recreate action. For example, setting or removing target pools for the instance.

items[].status

object

[Output Only] The status of this managed instance group.

items[].status.isStable

boolean

[Output Only] A bit indicating whether the managed instance group is in a stable state. A stable state means that: none of the instances in the managed instance group is currently undergoing any type of change (for example, creation, restart, or deletion); no future changes are scheduled for instances in the managed instance group; and the managed instance group itself is not being modified.

items[].targetSize

number

The target number of running instances for this managed instance group. Deleting or abandoning instances reduces this number. Resizing the group changes this number.

items[].selfLink

string

[Output Only] The URL for this managed instance group. The server defines this URL.

items[].autoHealingPolicies[]

object

The autohealing policy for this managed instance group. You can specify only one value.

items[].autoHealingPolicies[].healthCheck

string

The URL for the health check that signals autohealing.

items[].autoHealingPolicies[].initialDelaySec

number

The number of seconds that the managed instance group waits before it applies autohealing policies to new instances or recently recreated instances. This initial delay allows instances to initialize and run their startup scripts before the instance group determines that they are UNHEALTHY. This prevents the managed instance group from recreating its instances prematurely. This value must be from range [0, 3600].

items[].updatePolicy

object

The update policy for this managed instance group.

items[].updatePolicy.type

enum

items[].updatePolicy.minimalAction

enum

Minimal action to be taken on an instance. You can specify either RESTART to restart existing instances or REPLACE to delete and create new instances from the target template. If you specify a RESTART, the Updater will attempt to perform that action only. However, if the Updater determines that the minimal action you specify is not enough to perform the update, it might perform a more disruptive action.

items[].updatePolicy.maxSurge

object

The maximum number of instances that can be created above the specified targetSize during the update process. By default, a fixed value of 1 is used. This value can be either a fixed number or a percentage if the instance group has 10 or more instances. If you set a percentage, the number of instances will be rounded up if necessary.

At least one of either maxSurge or maxUnavailable must be greater than 0. Learn more about maxSurge.

items[].updatePolicy.maxSurge.fixed

number

Specifies a fixed number of VM instances. This must be a positive integer.

items[].updatePolicy.maxSurge.percent

number

Specifies a percentage of instances between 0 to 100%, inclusive. For example, specify 80 for 80%.

items[].updatePolicy.maxSurge.calculated

number

[Output Only] Absolute value of VM instances calculated based on the specific mode.

If the value is fixed, then the caculated
value is equal to the fixed value.

If the value is a percent, then the calculated
value is percent/100 * targetSize. For example,
the calculated value of a 80% of a managed instance group
with 150 instances would be (80/100 * 150) = 120 VM instances. If there
is a remainder, the number is rounded up.

items[].updatePolicy.maxUnavailable

object

The maximum number of instances that can be unavailable during the update process. An instance is considered available if all of the following conditions are satisfied:

If there is a health check
on the instance group, the instance's liveness health check result
must be HEALTHY at least once. If there is no health check
on the group, then the instance only needs to have a status of
RUNNING to be considered available.

By default, a fixed value of 1 is used. This value can be either a fixed number or a percentage if the instance group has 10 or more instances. If you set a percentage, the number of instances will be rounded up if necessary.

At least one of either maxSurge or maxUnavailable must be greater than 0. Learn more about maxUnavailable.

items[].updatePolicy.maxUnavailable.fixed

number

Specifies a fixed number of VM instances. This must be a positive integer.

items[].updatePolicy.maxUnavailable.percent

number

Specifies a percentage of instances between 0 to 100%, inclusive. For example, specify 80 for 80%.

items[].updatePolicy.maxUnavailable.calculated

number

[Output Only] Absolute value of VM instances calculated based on the specific mode.

If the value is fixed, then the caculated
value is equal to the fixed value.

If the value is a percent, then the calculated
value is percent/100 * targetSize. For example,
the calculated value of a 80% of a managed instance group
with 150 instances would be (80/100 * 150) = 120 VM instances. If there
is a remainder, the number is rounded up.

items[].namedPorts[]

object

Named ports configured for the Instance Groups complementary to this Instance Group Manager.

items[].namedPorts[].name

string

The name for this named port. The name must be 1-63 characters long, and comply with RFC1035.

items[].namedPorts[].port

number

The port number, which can be a value between 1 and 65535.

items[].kind

string

[Output Only] The resource type, which is always compute#instanceGroupManager for managed instance groups.

nextPageToken

string

[Output Only] This token allows you to get the next page of results for list requests. If the number of results is larger than maxResults, use the nextPageToken as a value for the query parameter pageToken in the next list request. Subsequent list requests will have their own nextPageToken to continue paging through the results.

selfLink

string

[Output Only] Server-defined URL for this resource.

warning

object

[Output Only] Informational warning message.

warning.code

enum

[Output Only] A warning code, if applicable. For example, Compute Engine returns NO_RESULTS_ON_PAGE if there are no results in the response.

warning.message

string

[Output Only] A human-readable description of the warning code.

warning.data[]

object

[Output Only] Metadata about this warning in key: value format. For example:

"data": [ { "key": "scope", "value": "zones/us-east1-d" }

warning.data[].key

string

[Output Only] A key that provides more detail on the warning being returned. For example, for warnings where there are no results in a list request for a particular zone, this key might be scope and the key value might be the zone name. Other examples might be a key indicating a deprecated resource and a suggested replacement, or a warning about invalid network settings (for example, if an instance attempts to perform IP forwarding but is not enabled for IP forwarding).

warning.data[].value

string

[Output Only] A warning data value corresponding to the key.

kind

string

[Output Only] The resource type, which is always compute#instanceGroupManagerList for a list of managed instance groups that exist in th regional scope.